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All Things AI, January 2025
Workshop: AI Unlocked: Empowering Higher Education through Research and Discovery April 2-3 in Denver, CO. Designed for individuals across all disciplines and career stages in higher education. Hosted by the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot User Experience Working Group, this event offers an introduction to AI fundamentals, hands-on experience with pre-configured AI tasks,…
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Inside PEARC25: Call for Participation and conference sneak peek!
2025 is here and it’s time to start planning your participation in the 2025 ACM Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing Conference (PEARC25). This year’s conference takes place July 20-24, in Columbus, Ohio and will host leading experts, researchers, and practitioners in the field of research computing and data (RCD), The call for participation…
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So Long, 2024! And Hello, 2025! Calls for January…
Greetings, People Networkers, and our RCD ecosystem colleagues! As we wind down the last days in 2024, it’s hard not to wax a little nostalgic about CaRCC’s past year: 40 different Track Calls, over 1200 Call attendees, five new Interest & Working groups, and a decision to incorporate as a non-profit. And all due to…
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Exploring the Role of Research Computing and Data (RCD) Professionals
The following blog post is a product of the CaRCC RCD Professionalization Working Group. Research Computing and Data (RCD) professionals are integral to the research ecosystem of major academic institutions. As the role of technology in research continues to expand, so does the demand for RCD professionals who possess both technical and analytical skills, as…
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Complementing a CaRCC Capabilities Model assessment with input from Researchers
A community member from a large mid-western research university recently sent the following note to the CaRCC Capabilities Model Working Group and it got us thinking about how best to incorporate researchers in the assessment process: A small group of us here representing various RCD services (Library, IT, HPC, etc) have been working on coordinating…
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All things AI December 2024
NAIRR Pilot Expansion Dear Colleague Letter NSF released the NAIRR Pilot Expansion Dear Colleague Letter which encourages proposals and supplemental funding requests to expand the NAIRR Pilot community through community outreach, research training and support for educators to bring AI educational experiences to classrooms nationwide. See Dear Colleague Letter: NAIRR Pilot Expansion: Researcher Training, Community…
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Don’t let RCD acquaintance be forgot! People Network & RCD Community Events in December
Greetings to all members of the CaRCC People Network and to our friends and colleagues in the RCD ecosystem! We can’t resist a little end-of-year fun… and neither should you! Join our Annual CaRCC Party, Thursday, December 12th from 1 – 2:30p ET (10 – 11:30a PT) during the Researcher-Facing time slot (NB the later…
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RCD Program Story: University of Oklahoma
The power of human connection: How talking with a friend during a time of grief and loss led to the creation of the enviable OU Supercomputing Center With a flagship campus in Norman, a flourishing suburb of Oklahoma City, The University of Oklahoma (OU) might not be your first thought when it comes to academic…
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Submit your 2024 RCD Capabilities Model Data by December 31
Do you want to better understand the strengths and growth opportunities of your institution’s RCD program? Submit your current assessment data to the RCD Capabilities Model by December 31 to be part of the current year’s Community Dataset Report. The new online assessment tool makes the process easier and you’ll gain access to community benchmarking…
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Capabilities Model Office Hours
Have questions about how to get started with the CaRCC Capabilities Model? Or are you already working with it and just want to discuss the process, or a particular aspect of the assessment tool? Join working group members and your colleagues in the community at one of our upcoming Office Hours to get help, ask your…
